Hydrus Hyi
Hydrus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 243 square degrees of the sky (61st largest). It is highest at midnight in October and best in the evening sky in November and December.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Hyi |
|---|---|
| Size | 243 square degrees (61st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 2h 22m, −72° |
| Highest at midnight | October (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: November and December) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1511 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 3.7′ |
| NGC 1466 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 11.6 | 3.5′ |
| NGC 1629 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 12.7 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 1473 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 602 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 13 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 802 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 0.9′ |
| NGC 813 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.9 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 646 NED01 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.2 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 1511A (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.3 | 1.9′ |
| IC 1708 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 14.3 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 646 (on the map) | Galaxy pair | 14.4 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 646 NED02 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.5 | 0.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits